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H. G. OHLSEN, Sr.

DELIVERY WAGON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT omca HEINRICH o. oHLsEN, SE, OF CINCINNATI, oHIo,ASSIGNOR To HENRY I oHLsEN, Ja, AND AUGUST oHLsEN,.oE sAME PLACE.

DELIVERY-\NAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,776, dated January5, 1886.

Application filed October 22. 1885. Serial No. 180,530. (No model.)

To all whom'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEINRICH C. OHLSEN, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Delivery \Nagons, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to delivery-wagons designed to be used in citiesand elsewhere for the carriage and convenient delivery of beerkegs orother packages of goods; and it consists in a wagon-body constructedwith one or more rotating platforms,upon which the packages are placedand retained by means of suitable railings or partitions, thearrangement being such that the platform may be rotated so as to bringthe packages successively to a gate or opening in the. outer railing orpartition, for convenience in unloading the same.

Mechanism embodying my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of atwo-wheeled vehicle towhich my invention is applied. The figure represents the wagon-body withrotating platform and drivers seat removed; Fig. 2, a plan view of therotating platform; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional elevation of the vehiclecomplete, the beer-kegs and seat being represented by dotted lines, oneof the kegs being in position of removal; and Fig. 4 isa plan view ofthe vehicle complete, excepting as to the drivers seat.

Referring now to the drawings, A A designate the wheels of the vehicle;B B, the shafts. The shafts terminate at the rear in a cross-bar, G, andare connected a little in front of the crossbar O by a similarcross-bar, 0, to which is also connected the arch or strengtheningbar a,strengthening the shafts in the usual manner. The cross-bars G c and therear portion of the shafts B constitute a rectangular frame, on theupper side of which is secured a circular frame or bar, D, the partsbeing further strengthened and secured by two longitudinal braces, b, asshown, extending from the crossbar c rearward across the bar 0 to andconnected with the circular frame or bar D. These parts may beconstructed entirely of wood and mortised together in the usual manner.

1 Within and concentric with the circular bar or frame D, and upon thebraces G cb,is secured a circular track, E, preferably of flat bar-iron,and centrally upon the brace or cross-bar Gis secured a stud. (2.

Upon the circular frame or bar D vertical posts f are secured atsuitable intervals, to

which is attached a circular railing, g. The posts are so arranged as topermit a gate or opening at the rear or a some convenient point; or,instead of a gate, the railing may be depressed at that point, asindicated in the drawings.

The movable platform is flat and circular. I prefer to construct it oftwo concentric circular fiat bars, h i, secured by radial spokes j to acentral hub, 70, perforated to fit and engage pivotally on the stud d,being held byapivot bolt, 1). The outer bar, h, preferably correspondsindiameter with and rests upon the rail 6 of the wagonbody, having theordinary sliding contact therewith, (as in fifth-wheel constructions oreither one may be provided with friction-rollers at proper intervals torelieve the friction of their intermovement. At the outer periphery ofthe rotating frame catchsockets Z are arranged at suitable intervals,and a spring-catch, m, is arranged upon the rail D, to engage in thesame to hold the rotating platform in any desired position. Verticalposts n are arranged around the center of the movable platform, having ahorizontal rail,0, connecting them at the top.

I have shown in the drawings a form of rotating platform adapted to theconvenient holding of beer-kegs, there being six vertical posts n, andconsequently spaces for six kegs, the inner rail, 0, being curved inwardbetween successive posts to accommodate the circular form of the kegs,the position of the latter being indicated by dotted lines.

In the drawings I have shown the railing g depressed at the rear for themore convenient unloading of a keg, as indicated by the dotted lines inFig. 3, and it will be seen that when the catch m is secured in any oneof the holding-sockets the depression in the outer railing occursbetween two of the kegs, and therefore does not impair the function ofthe railing g as an outer protection for the kegs. The

drivers seat is suitably mounted upon vertical stands erected upon theside of the shafts, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

In the use of this invention it will be obvious that when loaded andempty packages are being carried the excess of weight may be thrown tothe front or rear of the aX1e,as may be desired, by rotating theplatform.

The precise operation is as follows: To unload abarrel or package thecatch m is released and the platform rotated to bring the packageopposite the rear depression of the rail (or the gate, as the case maybe,) and after unloading the platform is again rotated until the catchat drops into aholding-socket, when the gate or depression standsbetween two barrels or packages.

It will be obvious that two or any convenient number of rotatingplatforms may be arranged upon a wagon-body and the gates or depressionsin the outer railing be arranged at the sides or rear, as desired.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited Statesbody and provided with a gate or opening, in

combination with a rotating platform concentrically arranged upon thewagon-body for holding packages and adapted by its rotation to bring thepackages successively opposite the gate or opening, as set forth. 7

3. The combination,in a delivery-wagon, of the fixed railing f g, therotating platform h i j, and the catch m, substantially as set forth. 40

In testimony. whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HEINRICH O. OHLSEN, SR.

Witnesses:

L. M. HOSEA, C. D. KERR.

